wigan traffic engineer: nice plot

One curse of being a cynic is that when the given explanation is facile, one looks for an ulterior motive.

look at this map:

millers lane plot

With Edwards bakery having burned down (I was told he wanted to retire anyway) and the extra bit of now defunct road added on to the grassed over derelict area, this makes a prime location for selling off to another retailer, although as Miller’s (motorised chairs etc) is adjacent, perhaps another granny farmer might be in the offing.

There’s about 2,000m² of brown site land and another tidy profit for the Council.

This probably isn’t the reason for this crass road closure but I wouldn’t lay odds against it.